Retaining means for badges, brooches, ornaments, bars for decorative ribbons, or the like



Nov. 6, 1945.

A. w. NIADGER 2,388,427

RETAINING MEANS FOR BADGES, BROOCHES, ORNAMENTS BARS FOR DECORATIVERIBBONS, OR THE LIKE Filed Aug. 21, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 flew/we, W.04906512.. @y V v I I Nov. 6, 1945. w, MADGER 2,388,427

RETAINING MEANS FOR BADGES, BROOCHES, ORNAMENTS,

BARS FOR DECORATIVE RIBBONS, OR THE LIKE w Filed Aug. 21, 1943 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 6, 1945 RETAINING MEAN BROOCHES,

S FOR BADGES, ORNAMENTS, BARS FOR DECORATIVE RIBBON S, OR THE LIKEArthur Wakefield Madger, Malden, England Application August 21, 1943,Serial No.

In Great Britain July 22, 1943 7 Clainis. (01. 24-87) This inventionrelates to a retaining means for badges, brooches, ornaments, bars fordecorative ribbons or the like as worn upon articles of clothing and hasin view to provide a means which will securely hold such a badge or likearticle by a locking effect obtained in conjunction with fastening pinsadapted to be passed through a garment or the like thereby to preventthe possibility of accidental loss or theft of the article, the saidmeans being capable of easy and quick manipulation and of a form suchthat there will be no risk of same becoming released accidentally.

The invention resides in a method of retaining bades, brooches, bars fordecorative ribbons and the like fitted on to Wearing apparel and thelike, involving the use of pins hingedly mounted on the back of thebadge or the like and adapted to be swung away from said badge or thelike to allow said pins to be passed through the clothing and to beswung down towards said badge or the like to hold same in position, thesaid method consisting in flexing a springy locking strip to bowed formand passing the respective ends thereof beneath portions of said pinswhich have been passed through and. are disposed behind the clothing orthe like whilst the intermediate portion of said locking strip overliesextension portions of said pins, and releasing said locking strip sothat same takes up a substantially flat condition and maintains the pinsin their folded down positions.

The means provided according to the invention comprises a pair ofspaced-apart cranked pins hingedly mounted on the back of said articleand adapted when swung away from said article to be passed through a,garment or the like and thereafter to be swung down towards said badgeor the like, anda springy locking strip so formed or dimensioned that byflexing said strip to bowed form and then releasing same, end portionsof said strip are adapted to engage beneath portions of said crankedpins Whilst the intermediate portion of the strip overlies the remainingouter portions of the cranked pins, the locking strip being adapted toassume a substantially flat condition behind the garment or the like.

Preferably means is provided for locating the locking strip againstendwise displacement when same is in locking position, and convenientlyfor this purpose the locking strip may be formed with offset portionsproviding shoulders adapted to abut those portions of the pins whichoverlie the locking strip.

Retaining devices of convenient forms in accordance with the inventionare illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective rear view of a ribbon-display bar having pinsformed according to one embodiment of the invention, and

Figure 2 is a perspective rear view of the springy locking stripprovided for use in conjunction with said pins.

Figure 3 is a perspective rear view of a piece of clothing showing thedevice applied thereto,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section showing the manner of engaging thelocking strip after having engaged the pins with the piece of clothing,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing the position taken up bythe locking strip when released to take up its locking position,

Figures 6 and 7 are views corresponding to- Figures 1 and 2 showing amodification, and

Figures 8 and 9 are views corresponding to Figures 1 and 2 and showinganother modification.

The device illustrated comprises a substantially rigid bar Ill adaptedto be covered with decorative ribbon and to be worn upon the person,said bar being provided on the back with a pair of pins H which arespaced apart and hingedly mounted as at l2 so as to be capable ofswinging towards and away from one another,

Each of the pins I I is cranked to have a laterally-extending portion [3disposed substantially parallel to the axis of the hinge and an outerportion l4 disposed at an acute angle with respect to portion [3, sothat the pin has approximately the form of the numeral seven. Thelaterally-extending portions it of the pins are mutually parallel.

That is to say, the pin -I| includes a shank portion [3-44, the formerbeing provided with an offset pintle Ila which fits into appropriateholding means l2 on the back of the article ID, and the portion l3 ofthe shank of the pin is cranked laterally with respect to the garmentpiercing arm [4. Thus the end portions l6 of the locking strip 1 5 maypass beneath the cranked portions l3 so that the shoulders I! of thestrip will engage the sides of the said cranked portions, as shown.

The device comprises also a separate part iii in the form of a strip ofspringy material which, by its inherent spring property assumes whenfree a bowed shape as shown in Figure'2. At its respective ends saidstrip is formed with offset portions I6 connected to the main portion ofthe strip by shoulder portions l1, the ofisetting of said portions beingon the salient side of the bowed main part. The distance between the twoshoulder portions ll of the strip I5 when said strip is maintained in asubstantially straight condition is slightly less than the space thatexists between the portions I3 of the respective pins II when said pinsare swun inwardly towards one another and downwardly as far as possible.The construction as above described is such as to enable the device tobe applied to a garment in the manner now to be described.

The pins II are swung upwardly about their hinges I2 so as to projectout from the bar I and the portions I4 are pushed through the garmentI8, the device being manipulated to thread 7 the portions I3 alsothrough the garment. The angular disposition of the pins when theypierce the garment I8 is such that when the pins have been threadedthrough the latter to the-ultimate extent, the garment has a fiatcondition behind the bar ID. The pins II are now swung'down'as far aspossible so that the extremities'of the'outer portions I4 beduponthe-back of the garment I8. The locking strip I5 is now taken andflexed beyond a straight condition so as to take up a bowed form reverseto that of its normal condition and as shown in :Figure 4. This reducesthe effective lengthof said locking strip so that the distance betweenthe extremities of the end portions I6 is less than the distance betweenthe laterally-extending portions I3 of the pins. The strip I5 is thenallowed to exert itself whilstso holding same that its end portions I6will pass beneath the respective .pin portions I3. The said strip I5, in:regaining or attempting to regain its original bowed form, bears uponthe cranked portions I4 of the pins. Theslioulder portions H of thestrip I5 are adapted to serve as abutments which, by'contact with thevpin portions I3, will serve to locate the said strip by preventing itpassing-endwise out'of itsproper locking position. As shown, the lockingstrip extends in a straight line from one pin to the'other.

Whilst the device 'isin its locked condition as shown in Figures 3 and5,'accidental detachment of the badge-or the like and attempted'theft'of same whilst being worn are rendered impossible since thelocking stri-p I5 rnust be flexed out by force at the back'of 'thegarment andbe detached before the 'pins I I can swing out.

In "the modified construction-shown in Figures 6 and 7, the 'pin's-havemutually-parallel laterallyextending portions I3 as in the abovedescribed construction and have outer portions I9 extending from saidportions -I3in perpendicular relation thereto. The locking strip has amedian portion 25 of greater width thanits end portions I6 so as tobecapable of overlying the outer portions [9 of the pins. The endportions I6 of said strip are offset'as in the first-describedconstruction to provide transversely-extending shoulders for abuttingthe portions I3 of the pins.

In the further modification shown inFigures 8 and'9, each of the pinshas an inner portion 2I disposed at an angle of inclination with respectto the axis of the hinge I2, and an outer portion 22 disposed in angularrelation to said inner portion 2|. The locking strip I5 has offset endportions I6 connected to the main'part of the strip byobliquelydisposed-shoulderportions I'I adapted to abut thecorrespondingly sloping pin portions-2|. That isto say, in Figures 8 and9 the pin I II) is provided with the angular pintle portion -I-Icfitting in thesocket'or holding means I 2a, and the shank portion of thepin includes posed pintle at one end, means on the back of the articlefor pivotally supporting said pintles,

"and said shank'portions each including a garment zpiercing arm and acranked portion laterally spaced from and joining said pintle, and acombined pin guard and locking strip having end portions formed toengage beneath the cranked portions *of the pin and also provided withshoulders to engage the cranked portions of the pin whiletheintermediate portion of the strip overlies and conceals the garmentpiercing arm 1301- tions and the 'zpoint's oftheapins.

2. Retaining means for badges, brooches, bars for decorative ribbons orlikearticles-comprising, a pair-of spaced apart pins-each includingashank and a pintle, means for 'hingedly mounting said pintle on'theback of the article, andeach of said pins having the inner end of itsshank portion permanently cranked laterally to the plane of movementabout the pintle, saidpranke'd portion being spaced from the zpintle,and'said pin's'being adapted, when swung away from said article, to bepassed through a garment or the like and thereafter to be swung dow ntowards the back of saidarti'cle, and a springy lockingstrip havingshouldersinthe proximity of its ends and which is so iormed that byfl'exing :said strip to bowed form and "then releasing the same, endportions of said strip beyond the shoulders are adapted, as the stripstraighten's, to engage beneath the said permanently cranked andlaterally extending portions of said pin'swhile the intermediate portionof said strip' overlies the shank portions of the pins, the shoulders ofthe locking strip providing endwise location for said strip inconjunction with the laterally "extending portions of the cranked pins.

3. Retaining means for badges, brooches, bars for decorative ribbonsorlike article's according to claim 2, wherein the locking strip is formedwithofiset end portions providing said shoulders adapted, by abuttingthe permanently cranked laterally extending "portions of the pinstolocate the said locking strip against endwise displacement when inlocking position.

4. A retaining-means 'f-or badges-broochesgbar's for-decorative ribbonsor like articles according to claim 2, wherein the pins'are'formed't'oprovide laterally-"extending portions "each parallel to the hinge axisbeneath which "end portions of "the locking strip are adapted to engage,and with outer portions which are disposed each at an acute angle withrespect to "the associated laterally-extending portion, the lockingstrip being substantially parallel sided and extending in a straightline from one pin-totheother, andhaving transverse shoulders forabutting said laterally-extending portions of the "pins.

5. 'A r'et'aining means 'for badges, brooches, bars for decorativeribbons or like articles according to c1aim2, wherein the pins are"formed" to "provide laterally-extending portions each par alle'l to thehinge axis and beneath which end portions *o'f .the locking strip'ai'eadapted to engage,- an'd*-with outer portions extending substantiallyperpendicular to said laterally-extending portions, and the lockingstrip has a median portion of greater Width than its end portions so asto be capable of overlying the said outer portions of the pins, and hastransverse shoulders for abutting the laterally-extendin portions of thepins.

6. A retaining means for badges, brooches, bars for decorative ribbonsor like articles according to claim 2, wherein each pin has an innerportion disposed at an angle of inclination with respect to the hingeaxis of the pin, and an outer portion disposed in angular relation tosaid inner portion, and the locking strip is formed to extend in astraight line from one pin to the other and has obliquely disposedshoulders for abutting the said inner portions of the pins.

